Creative Arts Day Speaker

Nathan Brown

Nathan Brown is a songwriter, photographer, and award-winning poet from Norman, Oklahoma. He is also serving as the current
Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma for 2013 to 2014. He holds an interdisciplinary PhD in English and Journalism but mostly travels now, performing readings and concerts, as well as leading workshops and speaking in high schools, universities, libraries, and community organizations on creativity, creative writing, and the need for readers to not give up on poetry.

He has published nine books.Less Is More, More or Lessjust came out. AndKarma Crisis: New and Selected Poems,released last summer, was a finalist for the 2013 Paterson Poetry Prize and the Oklahoma Book Award. A previous book,Two Tables Over,won the2009 Oklahoma Book Award.He has two Pushcart Prize nominations, and his CD,Gypsy Moon, came out in 2011.